Timothy J. Neary (1948–2009) A Gifted Comparative Neuroanatomist

Abstract

Presents an obituary of Timothy J. Neary (1948–2009), a gifted comparative neuroanatomist. Tim was born August 30, 1948 in Pasadena, CA but spent his formative years in the Chicago area and was proud to have graduated from prestigious New Trier High School in Winnetka, Illinois, in 1965. He did his undergraduate work in biology at Case Institute of Technology in Cleveland, Ohio and remained there to receive his PhD in Anatomy, under Theodore J. Voneida, from Case Western Reserve University in 1975. In 1977, Tim became Assistant Professor of Anatomy at Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska, where he remained throughout his academic career. Tim was a founding member of the J.B. Johnston Club and an enthusiastic supporter of the Club for all his professional life. He served on the Program Committee, coorganized the 9th Annual Karger Workshop at JBJC, and was an enthusiastic discussant at all Workshops and Club meetings. Insatiably inquisitive, Tim was a social chameleon who liked the best of everything but took what was available and was never pretentious. At a time when it is no longer fashionable to call oneself a comparative neuroanatomist, Tim would have been happy to claim being exactly that, and he would have continued to enhance the field with his talent and his sense of excellence. Tim is survived by his daughter, Katherine Neary, of Omaha, Nebraska, and his mother, Stefany Neary, of Glenview, Illinois. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)